Aliens

Release Year : 1986

AKA : Alien 2

Directed By : James Cameron

Written By : Dan O'Bannon

Starring : Sigourney Weaver, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton

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Being the only survivor of the Nostromo incident, Ex-Warrant Officer Ripley now finds herself having to confront her deadly enemy once again. Returning to LV-426 (Acheron) to put an end to the nightmare, will the team of Colonial Marines she accompanies be enough to save her? For this time her enemy is many...

As far as sequels go this is one of the best I've yet seen, it doesn't try to better or replace the original it kind of complements it. With Aliens the focus is less on sheer horror; it's geared more in an action thriller way, delivering thrills by the bucket load. The storyline is excellently paced and the dramatic build up's are superbly executed by Director James Cameron and Editor Ray Lovejoy.

Acting wise this movie strong, with Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ripley except this time she's more 'battle hardened' and weary. It's worth noting that Sigourney Weaver was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Ripley in this movie.

Bill Paxton does a brilliant job as Hudson, the over reactionary marine who's got some amazing one-liners. Jenette Goldstein, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, etc, all these actors bring their individual characters to life in a brilliant way which elevates this movie a lot, with any lesser a calibre of actors, Aliens could have fallen flat on it's face.

This is one of my favourite movies period, maybe not as original as it's predecessor, but it's as well executed in my opinion. Fantastic acting, script, directing, special effects (Oscar winning special effects in fact), a definite must see for movie fans.